Problems with element folder

I converting a theme to concrete5 on my local dev right now. I created an elements folder and put this code at the top of my page

<?php$this->inc('elements/header.php');?>

then the same one but for footer on the bottom. I then created the header and footer.php files and saved them in the elements folder. When I refreshed my page this is what came up for the header

Warning:include(C:\xampp\htdocs\concrete\concrete/themes/testtheme/elements/header.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in C:\xampp\htdocs\concrete\concrete\core\libraries\view.php on line 419
Warning:include(): Failed opening 'C:\xampp\htdocs\concrete\concrete/themes/testtheme/elements/header.php'for inclusion (include_path='C:/xampp/htdocs/concrete/libraries/3rdparty;C:\xampp\htdocs\concrete\concrete/libraries/3rdparty;.;C:\xampp\php\PEAR') in C:\xampp\htdocs\concrete\concrete\core\libraries\view.php on line 419

and this for the footer

Warning:include(C:\xampp\htdocs\concrete\concrete/themes/testtheme/elements/footer.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in C:\xampp\htdocs\concrete\concrete\core\libraries\view.php on line 419
Warning:include(): Failed opening 'C:\xampp\htdocs\concrete\concrete/themes/testtheme/elements/footer.php'for inclusion (include_path='C:/xampp/htdocs/concrete/libraries/3rdparty;C:\xampp\htdocs\concrete\concrete/libraries/3rdparty;.;C:\xampp\php\PEAR') in C:\xampp\htdocs\concrete\concrete\core\libraries\view.php on line 419

why cant it find the header and footer files, why is it looking in this paths? any help is much appreciated